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Adolphe Menjou has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1920s through the 1960s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Paths of Glory.
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
Drama · Romance
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
Dir. Stanley Kubrick · With Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou
A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.
Dir. Gregory La Cava · With Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
Dir. David Swift · With Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Richard Egan
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
Dir. William A. Wellman · With Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou
When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Edna Purviance, Clarence Geldart, Carl Miller
Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.
Dir. Josef von Sternberg · With Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou
A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Eventually separated by Frederic's transfer, tremendous challenges and difficult decisions face each as the war rages on.
Dir. Frank Borzage · With Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou
